Academy Award Winners 2009

BEST PICTURE
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Sean Penn - Milk

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Kate Winslet - The Reader

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Heath Ledger -The Dark Knight

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Departures (Japan)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Dustin Lance Black - Milk

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
WALL-E

BEST ART DIRECTION
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST SOUND MIXING
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST SOUND EDITING
The Dark Knight

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Slumdog Millionaire - AR Rahman

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire - AR Rahman and Gulzar

BEST COSTUMES
The Duchess

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Man on Wire

BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT):
Smile Pinki

BEST FILM EDITING
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST MAKE-UP
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
La Maison en Petits Cubes

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Spielzeugland (Toyland)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Star Movie Reviews Oscar Predictions 2009

Oscar Predictions 2009
(Not Necessarily starmoviereviews.com Favorites):

BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
☆Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
☆Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt
☆Kate Winslet - The Reader

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
☆Heath Ledger -The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams - Doubt
☆Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P Henson - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

BEST DIRECTOR
David Fincher - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant - Milk
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
☆Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

BEST FOREIGN FILM
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
☆The Class (France)
Departures (Japan)
Revanche (Austria)
Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Eric Roth and Robin Swicord - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
David Hare - The Reader
☆Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
☆Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter - WALL-E

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
☆WALL-E

BEST ART DIRECTION
Changeling
☆The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Changeling
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
☆Slumdog Millionaire

BEST SOUND MIXING
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
☆The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted

BEST SOUND EDITING
☆The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat
Defiance - James Newton Howard
Milk - Danny Elfman
☆Slumdog Millionaire - AR Rahman
WALL-E - Thomas Newman

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Down To Earth from WALL-E - Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman
☆Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire - AR Rahman and Gulzar
O Saya from Slumdog Millionaire - AR Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

BEST COSTUME
Australia
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
☆The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Encounters At The End Of The World
The Garden
☆Man on Wire
Trouble the Water

BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT):
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki
☆The Witness - From The Balcony Of Room 306

BEST FILM EDITING
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
☆Slumdog Millionaire

BEST MAKE-UP
☆The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
La Maison en Petits Cubes
Lavatory - Lovestory
Oktapodi
☆Presto
This Way Up

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Auf Der Strecke (On the Line)
Manon On The Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig
☆Spielzeugland (Toyland)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
☆The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man

Taken

☆☆1/2

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'Taken' is action-packed from beginning to end.
Liam Neeson was a much better action hero than expected.

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Violence

Rated PG-13
1 hr. 31 min.

Coraline

☆☆1/2

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See this incredible animation in 3D.
Dakota Fanning brings the main character, Coraline, to life.

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This film is not for small children.

Rated PG
1 hr. 40 min.

New in Town

☆☆1/2

+
'New in Town' is a sweet, touching romantic comedy.
Renée Zellweger and Harry Connick Jr.

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predictable
The season of Oscar films is coming to a close.

Rated PG
1 hr. 36 min.